2025 Thinkers
Abraham A. Tachjian
SVP & Chief Regulatory Affairs Officer, Brim Financial. Former Open Banking Lead, Finance Canada
Lucas Matheson
CEO, Coinbase Canada
Devon Kirk
Partner & Co-Head, Portage Capital Solutions, Portage
Greg Orencsak
Deputy Minister, Health Canada
Eyal Sivan
Mr. Open Banking, Manager, Ozone API
Debbie Gamble
Chief Officer of Innovation Labs & New Ventures, Interac
Alexandra Williams
Director U.S. Startups, Google Cloud
Julien Brazeau
Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of Finance Canada
Gaby Bourbara
President, AstraZeneca Canada
Sol Rashidi
Deloitte Partner, Best-Selling Author
Gregory Brown
Chief Digital Officer, BMO
Tom Stewart
Chief Medical Officer, Partner, Life Sciences & Health Care, Deloitte Canada
Michelle Theroux
Partner & National Health Leader, Deloitte Canada
Andrew Kriegler
CEO & President, Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO)
Judy Dinn
Chief Information Officer, TMX Group
Timothy Morris
Chief Banking Officer, Neo Financial
Maureen Di Debastiano
Vice President Open Banking, TD Bank
Susan Hawkins
President and CEO, Payments Canada
Dr. Bob Bell
Former Deputy Minister, Ontario Ministry of Health Former President & CEO, University Health Network (UHN)
Kaz Nejatian
Chief Operating Officer, Shopify
Kristina Logue
Chief Financial Officer, Payments Canada
Christopher Pollock
Head of Exchanges, Bitbuy
James Hicks
President & CEO, Moneris
Dean Skurka
President and CEO, WonderFi
Parna Sabet-Stephenson
Partner, Leader of Financial Services & Technology (FSxT), Gowling WLG
Dr. Peter Nord
Chief Medical Officer, Medcan
Tim Cuffe
Partner, Resonate Global Advisors
Nader Henin
Head of Innovation, Interac
Neil Parmenter
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Bell Canada
Anthony G. Ostler
CEO & President, Canadian Banking Association
Jeremy Wilmot
President & Chief Executive Officer, Interac Corp.
Clark Rabbior
Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy, Canada, YouTube
Balinder Ahluwalia
Senior Vice President & Group Head, Market Development & Digital Partnerships (Canada), Mastercard
David Munroe
VP Strategy & Enablement, Sun Life
Kofi Adjepong-Boateng
former Vice Chairman, Standard Chartered Bank Group and Research Associate, Centre for Financial History, Cambridge University.
Paolo Sironi
Global Research Leader in Banking & Financial Markets, IBM
Miklós Dietz
Senior Partner and Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company Canada
Federico Berruti
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
Tanya Woods
Head of Government, Regulatory Affairs & Policy Counsel, Questrade
Vlad Tasevski
Chief Innovation Officer, Purpose Unlimited
Lief Williams
Managing Director, Investments, Brookfield
Jeff Mulholland
Payments Leader, IBM Consulting Canada
Heather Kay
Head of Financial Services Public Policy Canada, Amazon Web Services
Angie Radiskovic
Deputy Superintendent Risk, Strategy and Policy – Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
Jason Thacker
Chief Strategy & Growth Officer, Purpose Unlimited
Darren Hannah
Senior Vice President, Financial Stability and Banking Policy, CBA
Rasha Katabi
CEO & Founder, Brim Financial
Sean McCarthy
Financial Services Industry BD Leader, AWS Canada
Ira Goldstein
CEO, UltraViolet Cyber and Founder, Kernel Advisory
Michael Eubanks
Executive Vice-President, Chief Information Officer, goeasy Ltd.
Dr. Andy Smith
President and CEO, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Zak Cutler
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
Marie-Renée B-Lajoie
MD, MPH, MBA, Emergency Physician & Partner, McKinsey & Company
Nikola Jurisic
Partner, McKinsey & Company
Sashen Guneratna
Managing Director, Investments, Canada Infrastructure Bank
Paul Samson
PhD. President, Centre for International Governance Innovation
Sachin Aggarwal
Chief Executive Officer, Think Research
Stephen Clarkin
FS Sales Leader, AWS Canada
Rebecca Ianno
Special Advisor to the Deputy Commissioner, Digital Enforcement and Intelligence Branch, Competition Bureau Canada
Holger Kormann
President & CEO, Symcor
Saba Shariff
SVP, Chief Strategy, Product & Innovation Officer, Symcor
Emma Todd
Chief Executive Officer, MMH Technology Group / MMH Data Systems
Daniel Cascone
VP & Senior Partner, IBM Consulting
John Landry
CEO, Peoples Trust Company
William Keliehor
Chief Client Officer, Peoples Trust Company
Martin Belanger
Senior Vice President, Telus
Alistair Leyland
CEO, Array of Stars
Sachin Patel
Founder, The Living Proof Institute
Georgina Black
Growth Officer, Deloitte
Rob Galaski
Chief Journey Officer, Questrade
Gary Schwartz
President/CEO, Canadian Lenders Association
Jay Dorey
Vice President, Global Government Affairs, Visa
Alana Barnes
Vice President, Digital, Canadian Bankers Association
Melanie Sutherland
DJ/Producer
Eric Gales
Managing Director, AWS Canada
Dr. Elyse Lackie
Obstetrics & Gynaecology, North York General Hospital
Ann Minu Jose
Competition Law Officer for Innovation, Science & Economic Development Canada, Competition Bureau
Dr. Phil Shin
Chief of Medicine and Medical Director of Critical Care, North York General Hospital
Tye Farrow
Senior Partner, Farrow Partners
Catherine Corriveau
Director of Policy & Advocacy, Movember
Ryan Heal
Regional VP & Manager, Databricks
Tim Stanley
Databricks
Dr. Nicholas Leyland
Professor & Chair of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, McMaster University
Duncan Embury
Partner, Head of Litigation & Medical Malpractice, Heads & Tails
Aaron Shull
Managing Director & General Counsel, Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
Kirsten Wentlandt
Head of the Division of Palliative Care, University of Toronto Department of Family & Community Medicine (DFCM)
Deb Galet
President and CEO, Baycrest Hospital & Long Term Care
Dan Stark
Canadian Director for FSI, AWS Canada
David Graham
President & CEO, Scarborough Health Network
Patrick Dumelie
CEO, Covenant Health
Dr. Sayeh Zielke
Executive Chair, Assisted Living Alberta
Farhan Ali
Strategic Executive, Financial Services, Elastic
Sam Ishak
Chief Information Officer, FCT
Ted Nikolakakos
Financial Services Enterprise Sales Director, Databricks
Bilal Hammoud
CEO, NDAX
John Medland
CFA, Head of Advisory, Paradigm Capital
Tom Chervinsky
Director Government Relations, Telus Health
Laura Hewitt
Senior Vice-President & Head, Global Government Affairs and Public Policy, Sun Life Financial
Ian Joseph
President, Paradigm Capital
Max Marchione
President, Superpower
Ronnie Sanders
Senior Director of Data & Analytics, RBC
Caglar Ulugbay
Senior Account Executive, Elastic
Ashley Wright
Founder, The Wright Success
Alanna Kit
Co-Founder, ARC Wellness Ltd.
Sharon Di Sensi
Enterprise Sales Leader, AWS Canada
Eric Richmond
General Counsel & Head of Business Development, Shakepay
Hanna Tomory
Senior Executive, Palantir
Alana Scotchmer
Partner, Gowling WLG
Andrei Poliakov
CEO & Founder, APX Lending
Dr. Sarah Shaw
Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer, LUME Women & Health
